英汉词典

fourth 基本解释

• adj. 第四的，第四个的；四分之一的
• n. 第四，月的第四日；四分之一
• num. 第四

fourth 词态变化

fourth 英文词源

fourth (adj.)

mid-15c., alteration (by influence of four), of ferthe, from Old English feorða "fourth," from Proto-Germanic *fe(d)worthon- (cognates: Old Saxon fiortho, Old Norse fiorðe, Dutch vierde, Old High German fiordo, German vierte); see four + -th (1). As a noun from 1590s, both of fractions and in music.

Among the old Quakers, who rejected the pagan weekday names, fourth day was Wednesday, often a secondary day of meeting for worship. Fourth-dimension attested from 1844. The theatrical fourth wall is from 1807. The celebration of the Fourth of July as the epoch of American independence is attested from 1777.

That there is due to Daniel Smith, of the city tavern, for his bill of expences of Congress, on the 4 of July last, including a balance of an old account, the sum of 729 68/90 dollars; also a bill for materials, workmanship, &c furnished for the fire works on the 4 July, the sum of 102 69/90 dollars .... [Auditor General's report, Aug. 8, 1777, "Journals of Congress," vol. VII]

fourth 词组搭配

fourth 英文释义

1. following the third position; number four in a countable series

2. one of four equal parts;

"a quarter of a pound"

3. the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it

fourth 双语例句

1. She had been sitting with her knitting at her fourth-floor window.

她那时正坐在5楼的窗前织东西。

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2. England will have to settle for third or fourth place.

英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。

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3. The country had confounded the pundits by electing a fourth-term Tory government.

该国国民连续四次选举托利党来执掌政府，这令专家们困惑不已。

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4. The brooch dates back to the fourth century BC.

这枚胸针的历史可以追溯到公元前4世纪。

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5. Felipe Gonzalez won a fourth term of office in Spain's election.

费利佩·冈萨雷斯在西班牙选举中获得第4次连任。

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fourth 实用场景例句

Last year's winner Greg Lemond of the United States is in fourth place.

去年的冠军、来自美国的格雷格·莱蒙德现在排名第 4。

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Three-fourths of the public say they favor a national referendum on the issue.

四分之三的公众表示希望就这个问题进行全民公决。

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The Fourth of July domestic culinary pyromania is followed by community pyrotechnics.

七月四日,人们在家里食完人间烟火,接下去就是社区的烟花会.

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Many boys explode firecrackers on the Fourth of July.

许多男孩子在7月4日那天放爆竹.

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The boy was promoted to the fourth grade.

这个男孩升到四年级.

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Delta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.

δ是希腊字母中的第四个字母.

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She created a piece of history by winning her fourth title.

她第四次赢得冠军,创造了一项历史.

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The Fourth of July is the national holiday of the US.

七月四日是美国国庆日.

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I had to lug my bags up to the fourth floor.

我只得费劲地把我的几个包拖上五楼。

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He has just earned his fourth MVP award this season.

这个赛季他刚获得了他的第四个“最有价值球员奖”。

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This was their fourth successive win.

这是他们连续第四次获胜。

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I was going well and was lying fourth.

我当时发挥不错，排在第四。

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Indonesia, with 216 million people, is the fourth most populous country in the world.

有2.16亿人的印度尼西亚是世界第四人口大国。

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In his fourth year he was truanting regularly.

上四年级时，他频频旷课。

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England will have to settle for third or fourth place.

英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。

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He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health.

他娶了第四个老婆苏珊，徒然希望她能使他健康状况好转。

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Felipe Gonzalez won a fourth term of office in Spain's election.

费利佩·冈萨雷斯在西班牙选举中获得第4次连任。

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I've been dieting ever since the birth of my fourth child.

我生完第四个孩子后就一直在节食。

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The car was in fourth gear.

车挂的是四挡。

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He was hurting Johansson with body punches in the fourth round.

第四回合时,他数次挥拳打在约翰松身上.

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She tolerated the teasing, until the fourth grade.

她忍受着别人的嘲笑，一直忍到四年级。

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His fourth novel is a murder mystery set in London.

他的第四部小说讲述的是一起发生在伦敦的神秘谋杀案。

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He witnessed many dramatic escapes as people jumped from as high as the fourth floor.

他目睹了许多人从五层高的楼上跳下来逃生的惊险场面。

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They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry.

他们甚至指责政府贬低该国的第四大产业.

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After looking at the jug, Faulkner concurred that it was late Roman, third or fourth century.

看了这个罐子之后，福克纳赞成罐子属于罗马帝国晚期的说法，即3或4世纪。

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A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade.

一场游击战已经持续了30多年。

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He became the fourth earl on the death of his father earlier this year.

今年早些时候他父亲去世，他继为第4代伯爵。

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